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After swimming class, two 12-year-old boys, Jules and Noam, chat and discover that their grandfathers fought in World War II. One, a German soldier; the other, a Jew.
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The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
Top Billed Cast
Christine Lahti Gisella Perl
Bruce Davison Peter Schuman, Interrogator
Jonathan Cake Dr. Mengele
Beau Bridges Herman Prentiss, Interrogator
Richard Crenna Jake Smith
Jolyon Baker Frederick Krauss
Jessica Beitchman Marta Weiss
Oliver Cotton Moshe Perl
Michelle Fine Fanny Pearl
Zoie Palmer Didi Goldstein
Maria Ricossa Esther Jacob
Ingrid Veninger Zozia
Emma Wellbelove Young Gisella
Nina Young Irma Griese
Kiran Friesen Nurse
Vytautas Rumšas David Perl
Inga Tuminiene Cilla Perl
Adrija Čepaitė-Palšauskienė Rose Perl
Inga Maškarina Helen Perl
Nola Augustson Sarah Goldstein
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